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4M6Da Kurma Command Carrier - RE Helios-Style

The new captain looked at the image of his captain's insignia in the mirror. "Wait until my brother sees this." the captain thought to himself. His brother had been assigned by Novacorp to the Gaia carrier, while he had been left behind in advancement. his little brother, no less. But finally, he had gotten the better posting. Never had he seen a finer ship.

His comlink interrupted his thoughts with a polite beep indicating a request for a connection. "Yes?" He answered.

"Captain, we're receiving the dropship with the new siege tanks."

"Thank you, Ezekiel, please make sure the sub-level ramps are open, we'll need to store them in the lower level with the fighters."

"Yes, sir! We'll make sure to have them ready for inspection within the hour."

"Very good." the captain said closing his comlink and watching the approach of the dropship out his luxurious window.

His thoughts drifted a bit before he said to himself,"This battle will be our finest hour, the Zirax will have no chance once the shield arrays are finished and our tanks arrive. I only wish my brother was here to watch us do what he never could."

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Designed in Reforged Eden 1.10 as a highly-upgradable Helios-style Command Carrier. The Kurma performs like similar sized carriers but is size 53, and has a maneuverability of 21 pitch and 22 yaw, far superior to any other carrier of this size and capability, making it much more enjoyable to pilot. It can carry a Size-43 Arc Revanant and still have better maneuverability than the battleship itself.

4M6D Kurma is designed to carry a maximum of:

- 4x small sized Helios-style modules (fore and aft of the central slots)
- 4x standard-sized Helios-style modules (in the forward-most and central slots)
- 6x Helios-sized dropships or an additional 6 standard modules (marked with purple docking guides)

In trials, with the 14 empty modules in tow, the Kurma could still escape a 4x gravity planet (albeit slowly). The standard carrier (empty) performs exceptionally in 4x gravity.

The requirements for this carrier are relatively low, since it is primarily carbon and relies on its shield. The central corridor has a steel hull, the deck and module bays are carbon. The shield can be fully upgraded (8 of each size upgrade) without much loss of maneuverability, due to the central placement within the carrier.

Final Upgrade Numbers
- Final shield numbers are 145k shield with Adv. Generator.
- If CPU/block requirements are in place, you'll need 10 aux cores and 2 quantum cores to use the shield with all 24 upgrades and the fusion generators required to power them.
- Final Roll-Pitch-Yaw with the second set of thrusters are R-67, P-37, Y-31. These thrusters require an additional 8 quantum cores. This CPU amount can be used for a compliment of end game turrets instead.
- A Legacy Shield Generator brings the shield to 224550 and require the advanced core.
- Total core requirement 10 aux, 10 quantum, 1 advanced, when maxed out.

The landing deck can carry a vast amount of fighters and capital ships, and the hold has a large amount of space and 2 levels of holds for tanks and fighters. There is a unique boarding ramp system for transferring craft between internal levels.

Besides the unique features, this carrier has numerous aesthetic and practical amenities:

- 4x 320k, 2x 356k Containers
- 320k Harvest Controller, with forward drill turret,
- 320k Ammo Controller,
- 54 + 9 plot Arbor and Captain's Garden
- 3 Advanced constructors
- Deconstructor
- 3 Full Med bays (fore, central, and aft)
- Fuel tanks (864k fuel) for 77 days of long term storage (shield, thrusters, weapons, constructors, etc. off) It could easily be tweaked into negative kw for long-term server storage.
- Forward Main Bridge with quick access to main hangar ramp, crafting, hydroponics, medical, and armory with a long boarding ramp.
- Central secure bridge with all the basics in one place for space salvaging: 320k dump box, armor, o2, medical.
- Numerous medical, o2, armor lockers, flight deck access, and control consoles for quick piloting access throughout.
- 12x downward cannon turrets for sieges, expandable to 32.
- 4x deck-mounted miniguns for drones, etc.
- Dedicated space for numerous deck-mounted turrets, including artillery, space prepared for retractable turret models if preferred.

Aesthetic:
- Captain's quarters
- 1st mate's quarters
- Officer lounge and pool,
- Barracks,
- Arbor trees,
- Engineer's quarters,
- Engine pod crew quarters
- Aft crew lounge
- walkway access to engine pods

Link to the T3 Version:
https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3006857161&searchtext=kurma

Shameless plug for my RP Gaia Carrier (Vanilla): https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2909904055

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Credit where credit is due:
- JRandall for the Helios Carrier and module design. Link: https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2387666775

- Sulusdacor for the floating engine pod idea. Link: https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1436507953

- HeckenDriver since I borrowed a number of his fabulous LCDs from the Revanant. Link: https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2330122422

- All the other insanely creative LCD builders I borrowed from collected by Allessia. Link to one of many: https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3005446710